Delta Air Lines reports strong September traffic results

by BA Staff

American full service carrier Delta Air Lines reported its traffic results for September 2013. Unit passenger revenues continued the summer's strong performance, increasing 5.5% year over year. Highlights include:

• 5.5% increase in passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM)
• Projected September quarter per gallon fuel price: $2.98 - $3.03
• September mainline completion factor 99.9%
• September on time performance: 90.2%

The table below provides a summary of the full traffic results

	Region	Sep-13	Sep-12	Change
RPMs (billion)
*Traffic	Domestic	9.08	8.99	1.0%
	Mainline	7.36	7.22	1.8%
	Regional	1.73	1.77	-2.2%
	International	6.99	6.8	2.8%
	Latin America	1.07	0.94	13.8%
	Atlantic	3.8	3.72	2.2%
	Pacific	2.11	2.13	-1.0%
	Total System	16.07	15.79	1.8%
ASMs (billion)
*Capacity	Domestic	11.24	11.17	0.7%
	Mainline	8.96	8.88	0.9%
	Regional	2.28	2.28	-
	International	8.06	7.81	3.1%
	Latin America	1.32	1.14	15.5%
	Atlantic	4.2	4.14	1.4%
	Pacific	2.54	2.53	0.2%
	Total System	19.3	18.98	1.7%
Load Factor	Domestic	80.8%	80.5%	0.3
	Mainline	82.1%	81.3%	0.8
	Regional	75.8%	77.5%	-1.7
	International	86.8%	87.0%	-0.2
	Latin America	81.4%	82.7%	-1.3
	Atlantic	90.6%	89.9%	0.7
	Pacific	83.2%	84.3%	-1.1
	Total System	83.3%	83.2%	-0.1
Passengers Boarded	Total System	13.25 million	13.12 million	0.9%
Cargo Ton Miles	Total System	201.57 million	202.71 million	-0.6%